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Concern for missing boater

FELLOW boaters and family of liveaboard boater Elaine Harrison are extremely worried about her continued disappearance from Castle Marina on the Nottingham Canal.

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Published: 31 January 2014

Charity of the year—saving hedgerows

THE Canal & River Trust has been unveiled as ‘Charity of the Year' by People's Postcode Lottery, it was announced today, Friday.

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Published: 31 January 2014

Mon & Brec to remain closed?

WITH the increasing frequency of asset and infrastructure failure since since Canal & River Trust (CaRT) succeeded British Waterways, an announcement that that the Mon & Brec at Llanfoist (between bridges 93 and 97) was closed for safety reasons on 7th January due to embankment movement has passed almost unnoticed, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 30 January 2014

Boat fire at Hatton

TWO boaters were taken to hospital after a narrowboat caught fire at Hatton Locks on the Grand Union Canal earlier this week.
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Published: 30 January 2014

That's better!

BOATERS who cruise the Birmingham canals must be aware that it seems to be the Mecca for unsightly and poorly executed graffiti, but the city is fighting back as can be seen from the mural unveiled this week.

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Published: 30 January 2014

BWML starts boat breakdown service

IT IS the Mayor of Lancaster, Councillor June Ashworth, who will officially launch Glasson Mobile Marine Services, a call-out boat breakdown service.

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Published: 30 January 2014

CaRT's £1.4m waste bill

THE Canal & River Trust has had to pay a staggering £1.4 millions to clear its Knostrop Wharf warehouse of waste after its predecessor, British Waterways legal department let out the premises without first securing any type of bond.

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Published: 29 January 2014

Smoke and mirrors of continuous cruising

I READ with interest, the latest narrowboatworld article (Continuous Cruisers must obey the rules) anticipating that perhaps the confusing smoke and mirrors of CaRT's rules over Continuous Cruisers might finally be lifting, but once more read the same rhetoric that I have been reading for some years now writes  John Howard.

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Published: 27 January 2014

Rochdale Nine problems again

AFTER a would-be robber lost his life in the Rochdale Nine (Robber came off worst) once again the call is to prevent people using the towpath of a section of the waterway in an attempt to prevent further incidents.

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Published: 27 January 2014

Killing Irish boating

IF BOATERS believe they are getting a raw deal from Canal & River Trust, it is nothing compared to the raft of measures being imposed by Waterways Ireland, and there's a barricade actually in place!

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Published: 27 January 2014

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